“The law is so deep and so wide because it applies almost to every human activity, it is a never ending process it is not a marathon without a finishing line and the legal profession is always a learning profession.”

Chief Justice Patu urged Tafafunai to take pride in this profession and to remember that Rome was not built in a day. Speaking to the Samoa Observer, 27-year-old Tafafunai said he has always dreamt of becoming a lawyer.

As a teenager, he said he was inspired by the events in the popular novel called “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

Tafafunai graduated from Robert Louis Steveson School 2006 and then attended U.P.Y in 2007 before he made it to Waikato University. He graduated in 2012.

Tafafunai is the eldest of six siblings and is the son of Taulapapa Tivia and Michelle Chan Chui although he was raised by his grandmother, Pepe Chan Chui.